Robert F. Dees (born 2 February 1950 in Amarillo, Texas) is a retired officer in the United States Army. He served first as a Brigadier General and later as a Major General. He was the vice director for operational plans and interoperability for the Department of Defense. After he officially retired from the U.S. military on January 1, 2003, he worked for the next two years as the Executive Director of Defense Strategies for Microsoft Corporation. In 2005 he became the executive director of Bill Bright-founded Military Ministry, focusing on soldiers coming home from the war with post-traumatic stress. His attempt to enlist base commanders in promotion of Billy Graham's ministry at the United States Air Force Academy was criticized by Americans United for Separation of Church and State as i